Children’s Spinning Firework Craft

Interactive crafts are so fun! Your child is going to love making and playing with this spinning firework craft. This craft is perfect for the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve. Craft is geared for ages 3 and up to help with fine motor skills, creativity, and inclusion of holiday fun.

Supplies:

• Spinning Firework Craft Template
• Toilet paper roll tube
• Glue
• Brad (warning this is small and could be a choking hazard)
• Crayons or markers
• Pencil or pen
• Glitter glue (optional)

How To:

Print the free Spinning Firework Craft template. It is a downloadable single page PDF.

Children can color their craft, using their imagination and favorite things to color with to design a firework. After coloring, we added glitter glue to the round “exploding” piece, but this is optional. Children love using glitter glue and it gives the craft a fun sparkle as it spins.

Next, glue the striped rectangle to your empty toilet paper roll tube. We used white glue, but a glue stick also works.

Now it is time to attach the circular “explosion” part of the craft. Adults can use a pencil or pen to poke a hole through the toilet paper roll tube. Stick the brad through the center of the circle paper, and then through the hole you just made in the toilet paper roll tube. Attach the brad’s arms to the inside of the tube–this will let the craft spin.

Once the craft is assembled, gently turn the circular piece and watch as your firework spins around.

Printable Template:

Fourth of July Crafts:

Red, White, and Blue Stars: work on fine motor skills by painting stars with Q-Tips.

Independence Day Shakers: a fun, musical craft made out of toilet paper rolls and dried beans.